The collateral damage of the fight against tax avoidance and evasion

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The collateral damage of the fight against tax avoidance and evasion

May 08 2013
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TAXPAYER OPINION: Since the beginning of the financial crisis, governments and mainstream media have increasingly been moralising about tax compliance. Frederic Gourlot, tax manager at a leading multinational electric utility company, based in France, explores the wider consequences of such moralising for taxpayers.

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